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Excerpt from The Great ShadowBut he would have been still more surprised had he seen the peace and kindliness which reigns now in the hearts of men, and the talk in the papers and at the meetings that there is to be no more war - save, Of course, with blacks and such like. For when he died we had been fighting with scarce a break, save only during two short years, for very nearly a quarter of a century. Think of it, you who live SO quietly and...

Excerpt from The Firm of Girdlestone, Vol. 1 of 2: A Romance of the UnromanticChapter I. Mr. John Harston keeps an Appointment II. Charity A la Mode III. Thomas Gilray makes an Investment IV. Captain Hamilton Miggs of the Black Eagle Modern Athenians A rectorial Election England versus Scotland A first Professional A nasty Cropper Dwellers in Bohemia Senior and Junior A Corner in Diamonds Shadow and Light A slight Misunderstanding An Addition ...

Excerpt from The Firm of Girdlestone, Vol. 2 of 2: A Romance of the UnromanticThe servant disappeared with the card, and presently returned with a request that he would step up. The old soldier stumped his way upstairs with the firm foot, fall of one who has taken a thing in hand and means to carry it through at all hazard. As he ascended, it seemed to him that he heard the sound of feminine laughter in the distance. If so, it could hardly hav...

Excerpt from Round the Red Lamp Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life'then why write of it, you may ask? If a subject is painful, why treat it at all? I answer that it is the province of fiction to treat painful things as well as cheerful ones. The story which wiles away a weary hour fulfils an obviously good pur pose, but not more so, I hold, than that which helps to emphasise the graver Side of life. A tale which may startle the reader out...

Excerpt from The Refugees, Vol. 1: A Tale of Two ContinentsWere the teller of an old tale to acknowledge all his sources he would have to burden his book with a bibliography. No man, however, can, without ¿agrant injustice, write upon the end of the seventeenth century at the French Court without acknowledging his indebted ness to Miss Julia Pardoe, nor can he treat American history Of the same date without owing much to Mr. Francis Parkman.Ab...

Excerpt from The Parasite: A StoryI can see it without, and I can feel it within. We also have our spring when the little arterioles dilate, the lymph ¿ows in a brisker stream, the glands work harder, winnowing and straining. Every year nature readjusts the whole machine. I can feel the fer ment in my blood at this very moment, and as the cool' sunshine pours through my window I could dance about in it like a gnat. So I should, only that Charl...

Excerpt from The Great Keinplatz Experiment: And Other Tales of Twilight and the UnseenAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy...

Excerpt from The Great Keinplatz Experiment: And Other Tales of Twilight and the UnseenAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy...

Excerpt from The Refugees: A Tale of Two ContinentsIr was the sort of window which was common in Paris about the end of the seventeenth century. It was high, mullioned, with a broad transom across the centre, and above the middle of the transom a tiny coat of arms - three caltrops gules upon a field argent - let into the diamond-paned glass. Outside there projected a stout iron rod, from which hung a gilded miniature of a bale of wool which sw...

Excerpt from Strange SecretsHere's my card - Swaleclifi'e Castle. Book to Wood End, Great Western line. Don't forget.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfec...

Sir Henry Baskerville si reca nelle tetre brughiere del Dartmoor per prendere possesso della proprietà lasciatagli dallo zio Charles, morto in circostanze misteriose. Ma sull'eredità grava un'inquietante ipoteca: sembra infatti che una creatura mostruosa infesti i dintorni del maniero, per vendicare sui discendenti i crimini orrendi commessi da un lontano antenato. L'indagine più famosa della coppia di detective più celebre al mondo: Sherlock ...

Excerpt from Uncle Bernac: A Memory of the EmpireMy dear nephew Louis, ' said the letter, 'now that your father is dead, and that you are alone in the world, I am sure that you will not wish to carry on the feud which has existed between the two halves of the family. At the time of the troubles your father was drawn towards the Side of the King, and I towards that of the people, and it ended, as you know, by his having to ¿y from the country, ...

Excerpt from The Sign of Four Three times a day for many months I had witnessed this performance, but custom had not reconciled my mind to it. On the contrary, from day to day I had become more irritable at the sight, and my con science swelled nightly within me at the thought that I had lacked the courage to protest. Again and again I had registered a vow that I should deliver my soul upon the subject, but there was that in the cool, nonchal...

Excerpt from Rodney Stone I am also much indebted to my friends Mr. J. C. Parkinson and Robert Barr for information upon the subject of the ring. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the origin...

Anche solo per dimensioni e potenza, era una creatura terribile quella che giaceva allungata davanti a noi. Non era un segugio di razza pura, e non era nemmeno un mastino purosangue, ma pareva piuttosto un incrocio dei due, magro, selvaggio e grosso quanto una piccola leonessa. Perfino ora, nella rigidità della morte, pareva grondare fiamme bluastre dalle fauci spalancate, e i piccoli occhi infossati erano cerchiati di fuoco." (Arthur Conan Do...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Includes the story of Little Women, the gripping adventure of Kidnapped, the compelling and poignant Phantom of the Opera, and the dark and mysterious drama of Jane Eyre.

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Una famiglia aristocratica ingaggia il detective per recuperare alcune lettere compromettenti in possesso di Alice Faulkner, una giovane che, con quei documenti, avrebbe potuto vendicare la sorella, ingannata da un nobile e condotta alla morte. Alice, a sua volta, è stata raggirata da una coppia di truffatori e tenuta prigioniera in casa dove viene continuamente maltrattata perché continua a tenere segreto il nascondiglio dei documenti. A ques...